The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-09-29
THE HORNY HANDED.
UNION WORKINGnAN 5 DEMOCRATIC
CLUB or MONROE AND CLAY.
southsids Meeting Last sight Working
Men Resolve Themselves into Working
Democrats Addresses by Number "i
Mell-Known Speakers.

lItuOfIAA~
WeIl-Known Speakers.
The Democratic citizens OF the south
erp side of CLAW and Monroe wards as
semhled In full numbers last night in the \
Old Pine-street Baptist church which is /
located al the corner Of Pine and Spring /
streets There were present the Clay /
ward Actives, the Irving Hall Club, the \
Monroe Ward Club fifty strong, and .
delegations from all.the other clubs Of the /
city, including delegation from Fulton /
Club, headed by President Kosher
Mr. John II Conner called the meeting I
TO order. Mr.. ID. ;. Gates was made /
president and Mr.. William Ryan secre-
tarY.
The enrolment of names was next ih /
order Gentlemen with blanks in their /
hands went through the audience ana /
listed names. More than fifty names /
were at once enrolled and the number [
was afterwards considerably increased
PERMANENT ORGANIzATION.
Mr.. Charles O. Pettitt was unanimously /
chosen permanent president Of this new /
club. which will be known as the Union /
WOrkngmcn's Democratic Club.
Mr.. Peititt, in assuming the chair said /
he was a Reformer i'm the last municipal /
election The Reformers had gone back /
on themselves. and was now what he was 7
before the RefOrmers came In pOWer-a I
Democratic lie said that in connection /
with a RcfOrmer, he would bet the best 4
coat that could be gotten that the Demo /
Gratis would win this fall lie referred to .
Mr.. George j. Hooper, Jr., and Mr.. Bethel +
as parties who, as Reformers, claimed .
that the work done by them for the bene- /
fit Of this ward was far more than any /
other Councilman had done. lie simply /
wished the audience TO look at the pave I
ments in the immediate neighborhood.
vIcE-PREsIDENTs.
The following yice-presidents were /
elected
James Spence and George A. Merry /
man from Clay ward, and ID. K. Read Of
Monroe ward.
Mr.. William Ryan was elected secre- /
tary unanimously.
Mr.. ia. Skinner was elected Sergeant /
at-Arms
The organization being completed, I
President Pettitt called on
MIR. HENRY L. CARTIER
for a speech. He said he was now right /
at home, among people whom he had .
known from childhood. lie wanted to /
speak to the working men. and said that .
from Rockets to Screamersyille lie had .
urged and proven that the Democratic
party was the party Of the working men.
lie would say more at the mass meeting /
Saturday night
l. q. WALLACE
was the next speaker. He said that every
one will recognize that the first duty Of .
those who have the suffrage Of voting is .
TO vote. We must secure our religious .
and political rights The way to do il .
il 10 be alive to our interests TO Judge .
calmly the difference between the Demo
cratic and Republican parties A close .
investigation Of the two parties Will .
show to each intelligent man that the
hope of the working man is in the
Democratic party. He gave the history
of the Democratic party from its .incipl- .
ency down to the day when Grover .
Cleveland was elected President Of The
United States He paid his respects TO .
the overthrow of knownothingism by
the Democratic party
The principles Of the Republican party
he said, was power, spoils, and the bloody
shirt. The election Of Grover Cleveland
has taken from them the power and the
sp0ils. and leaves them only with the
bloody shirt. Politics. he said,
had gone into him. Old as he was, he was
not too old 10 60 to the Legislature lie
had three sons who worked at their
trades, and three daughters who he eX-
pected would marry working men. lie
closed by referring to the third partys
candidates as marionettes, who, II by
some I'D luck they be sent 10 the Legisla-
mre. would dance 10 the string worked
by Malone or Johnny Wise behind
curtain. While Mr. Wallace was speak
ing John Gaines, Republican from
Monroe ward, was continually jumping
up and down as though worked with
a string
!. II. OBANNON
was the next speaker He spoke but
few minutes urging the members TO hard
work, and do their duty. Tie promised TO
speak more at length on Saturday night.
THOMAS SMITH
was called on, and urged work, hard .
XOTN. IN OrQtr ludl lull Npt0 NC "i'"5NA
out at the primary and at the election.
CHARLES f. wISGO,
chairman of the City Democratic Com
mittee, being called on, congratulated the
club on the success OF their organization
and meeting. He promised that Hon.
George ID. Wise, Colonel Butord, and
other good speakers would be present at
the meeting Saturday night, and he
wanted to see the hall crowded.
K. Kosher,
president Of the Fulton Democratic Club,
made cheering speech, AMI said that the
East End was alive. He referred TO the
published statement in labor paper that
at the Irving Hall meeting the Fulton
Club brought only boys with them. He
said there were forty-fye men from
Fulton in the wagons, and the man who
wrote the statement that only boys were
at that meeting from Fulton knew
when he wrote it that he lied
His club new numbered 1873 men, all